Teacher: Clarisen Lacuata,

Timari Matsuda
Class: ELA Rhyming Words

Level: Kindergarten

Purpose:
Students use their knowledge about rhyming words and apply it to create their own.
Objectives:
Students are able to create their own rhyming words
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELALiterarcy.RF.K.2aRecognizeandproducerhymingwords
Assessments:
Worksheet
Materials/Set-Up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOv0Ube-dY
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.
Fill in the Blank worksheet
Procedures: [Include a detailed description of what is done at each of the following stages of
the lesson.]
a. Introduction
(5 minutes) TostartthelessonoffwewouldshowaSesameStreetvideoaboutrhyming.
Videoofrhyminghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOv0UbedY
Aftershowingthevideo,asktheclasswhattheythinkrhymingisandiftheycancomeupwithan
exampleofrhymingwords.Then,telltheclassthedefinitionofrhyming."Rhymingis...wordsthat
havethesameendingsounds."

b. Developmental
Tellthestudentsthatwearegoingtoplayagamecalled"Gimme,Gimme."Therulesofthegameis
thataspeakerwillsay,"Gimme,Gimme,somethingthatrhymeswith_______."Thenthestudentswill
havetofindsomethingthatrhymeswiththatwordandbringitbacktotheteacher.Theteacherwill
startitoffwithsaying,"Gimme,Gimme,somethingthatrhymeswiththewordbear."Thestudentswill
searchtheclassroomforsomethingthatrhymeswith"bear"(i.e.hair,chair,pair,pear,etc).Itcanbean
objectordemonstration.Whenthefirststudentbringssomethingthatrhymes,theteacherwillgetthe
attentionoftheclasstostopwheretheyareandlookattheteacher.Theteacherwillasktheclasswhat
theobject/demonstrationis,ifitrhymeswiththewordthatwasgivenandwhy.Thenthefirststudent
whobroughttheobjecttotheteacherwillbeabletochoosethenext"gimme,gimme"andrepeatthe
processoveragainapproximately35times(dependingonhowwellthestudentsunderstandrhyming)

Afterthelast"gimme,gimme,"havethestudentsgatherinthegatheringarea/rugandtellthemthatwe
aregoingtoreadthebook,GreenEggsandHambyDr.Seuss.Whilereading,havethemfinishthe
sentencewiththerhymingwordusingcontextclues.Forexample,"Idonotliketheminahouse.Ido
notlikethemwitha...Whatrhymeswithhouse?...MOUSE!"

c. Concluding

Finally,afterreadingthebookwiththeclass,passouttheworksheetwherethestudentswillhavetofill
intheblankwiththematchingrhymingword.Thenhavethemchooseasentencetheywanttodraw
out,copythesentence,andhavethemdrawitout.

Adaptations and Extensions:

Forstudentswhoaren'tmeetingthestandard(GearDown):
Wewouldhavethestudent,oneononesoundoutthewordsthatrhymeandpointoutthattheendings
ofthewordsoundthesame.Thenhavethemfindotherwordsthathavethesameendingsoundswhile
guidingthem.Forastudentwhocan'treadwell,wewouldreadthemthesentenceandask,"Whatword
rhymeswith...(theunderlinedword)."Theycansoundoutthewordandspellitaswelltheycan
throughemergentspellings.
Forstudentswhohavemetthestandardandneedextension(GearUp):
Wewouldhavethestudentmakeuphis/herownrhymingsentencesorphrasesanddepictoneoftheir
creations.

Reflections: [Include what went well, the results of the lesson, and how the lesson could be
revised to further/improve student learning.]